Technique guidebook for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

F1 Grand Prix, GP Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina Circuit

Many thanks to the fairly substantial degradation witnessed around the initially two times of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, Formulation One’s sole tyre provider Pirelli thinks that the two-cease system may possibly transform out to be the ideal way to comprehensive the year-closing race. F1Technical’s Balázs Szabó analyses the doable methods for today’s fifty eight-lap race at the Yas Marina circuit.

Pirelli has nominated the 3 softest compounds in the variety for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: C3 as the P Zero White really hard, C4 as the P Zero Yellow medium and C5 as the P Zero Crimson delicate.

A just one-stopper has been the recipe for a prosperous, adequately performing system around the past several years at Abu Dhabi, but this weekend appears to split with this custom. The improved tyre degradation in comparison to past year’s race has made problem marks encompassing pre-function simulations.

Pirelli’s main engineer Simone Berra stated: „The tyre with the optimum put on charge at Yas Marina is the entrance ideal, because of to the anti-clockwise format and circuit features. The entrance axle was the most restricting issue in conditions of degradation to control the graining encountered these days (Friday) on the softer compounds, the groups could make your mind up to use a mix of C3 (really hard) and C4 (medium) compounds on Sunday.”

Pirelli estimates that the two-cease system will verify to be the quickest choice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Centered on the extended operates done on Friday, the two-cease system, with an typical reduction of 22 seconds for every single tyre alter, is projected to be 4 to 5 seconds a lot quicker than the solitary-cease system.

Two alternatives are regarded as the quickest: commence on mediums, alter to hards (involving lap sixteen and 22) comprehensive the last stint on both the medium or really hard compound. Finishing the last stint on delicate tyres is a lot less most likely, as it is not likely to be as aggressive as the other compounds.

The last choice of the system will not only count on the tyre put on and the targeted visitors predicament, but also on the drivers’ remaining tyre allocation.

The Milan-based mostly tyre provider thinks that the ideal way to execute a just one-cease system may possibly require an opening stint on the medium compound and then swap it with the really hard tyre, with taking care of the degradation of a for a longer time initially stint important. Other alternatives on a just one-cease system incorporate delicate to really hard and really hard to delicate, at which level a basic safety car or truck would participate in an vital part in the final result.